What is recorded here

Mahanagh is one of four standing stones recorded in County Cork, yet its exact location has been lost. It stood two feet high with a girth of twelve feet two inches, large enough to mark a boundary or gather people around a fire. The stone may still lie buried under soil or hidden behind a wall, waiting for someone to remember the shape of Mahanagh and find it again.

This is one of four 'dallans' (CO016-243----, CO016-244----, CO016-245----) recorded by Bowman (2000, 181) in 'Mr. O'Reilly's' in Mahanagh townland. Bowman (ibid.) describes this stone as '(a) 2' [0.61m] high by 12' 2" [3.7m] girth'. The location of this stone is not known. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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